This week in Jersey Hoops, and looking ahead to Rutgers-Miami and Seton Hall-Kansas
Mixed results for Seton Hall with Kansas looming, and tests await for Rutgers after running through inferior squads
This (tough) week in Jersey hoops, and looking ahead to Seton Hall-Memphis and Rutgers-Rider
Seton Hall falls to Iowa, beats Wagner, while Rutgers gets nipped by Temple with two winnable games upcoming.
NJ filmmaker Steve Herold on his short film, Waimea, which’ll play Kevin Smith’s Smodcastle festival next month
“I thought it’d be interesting to trick the audience or play with the audience and make them think they’re about to see one type of film and take them in a completely different direction.”
How NJ witch music collective Black Lipstick creates spaces in music for those often excluded from it
“It’s been decades since ‘girls to the front’ started, and we still have to yell that. Why are we still screaming that? This should have already been solved. We want to create a space that is accessible to women, to nonbinary punks, LGBTQIA punks, and people of color.”
NJ-based Family Promise hosts Night Without a Bed, raising awareness and funds for ending family homelessness
This year’s Night Without a Bed raised over $120,000 to help families across the country, and raised awareness for the ongoing crisis of family homelessness
This weekend in Jersey hoops and looking ahead to Seton Hall-Iowa and Rutgers-Temple
Scarlet Knights hang on against UMass-Lowell and now take on Temple, who just upset Nova. Seton Hall, meanwhile, prepares for Iowa after handling Shaheen Holloway’s old squad.
Hyatt, Spencer and Omoruyi fill up the stat sheet as Scarlet Knights notch another blowout win
It’s always easy for some folks to nitpick or find something to complain about, but, after another near 40-point victory without McConnell (injury) and a limited Mulcahy, if you’re bitching about this win, we’re of the opinion that you’ll never be pleased.
For Little Hag’s Avery Mandeville, every (notable) moment gets a song
“It’s a helpful way to work through stuff and make something out of a situation that can be difficult. Like, at least I got this song out of it.’’
It wasn’t pretty but Seton Hall handles Monmouth in season opener
The contest had little-to-no flow and was a tough watch for the casual observer. For Pirates fans who had been eagerly awaiting the Holloway era, though, we imagine many of them would happily sign up to sit through a slog every night if it meant a double digit victory.
Paul Muldoon headlines an evening of poetry and song at the opening of Chris Harford’s new art and music space in Hopewell
Harford opens Studio 17 with his esteemed Rogue Oliphant bandmates on Nov. 11, with more art and music programming to come.
Rejoice in the transfixing sounds of NJ indie band Those Looks
Their debut full-length album, Cults Near Me, comes out Nov. 11; they’ll play John and Peter’s in New Hope on Nov. 12.
Rutgers dominates Columbia in college hoops season opener
Rutgers won by 40 without Caleb McConnell and nobody got injured (apart from Mulcahy, who took a knock to his left shoulder in the first half but returned to the game). What’s not to like?